Laptop working for now...

Hey blog readers...well, the laptop yesterday took a dump on us as I previously mentioned in the blog. Well we hunted a new one down and purchased it. It is in transit...5-10 business days(free shipping).

Well I had written the brick off...well until I was shaving last night and thought, hey let's throw the old girl a Hail Mary and see what happens. You know she can either catch it and score a touchdown for the win or play like Notre Dame and run a 5 yard passing route and then F. up the pass. Well the old girl had a little in her...so after reformatting the drive and reinstalling the drivers, we can again use it. Our "computer geek" friend said that we may have and hour, a day, or even a year...but the drive is on it's way out.

"Sometime I feel like this guy"

So long story short...Laptop up, don't know how long. Now off to Moser's for Austrian Food and Beer at lunch time...

Be Kind, Be Safe...

Shalom my Peeps.

I Hate My Laptop...

Hey Blog Readers...after this mornings posts, I turned the laptop off as usual. Now when I attempt to turn it on...I get the "Black Screen of Death". According to our friend who happens to be a computer person our Hard drive is fried...

Thank goodness we just backed everything up...

Well the solution was buy a new laptop...so we did. It is in transit to us as we speak...however for free shipping that means, 5-10 business days. Agggghhhh....that means I have to use this slow desk top for a week.

Ok, enough venting...off to work for some overtime.

Be Kind, Be Safe...

Shalom my Peeps.

Holy Crap...I almost forgot

Hey Blog Readers...I almost freaking forgot one of my favorite things that happened yesterday(Thanksgiving).

F.i.L. came up big...he recently went on a trip to Texas/Mexico and may or may not have come back with some Cuban Cigars. I have to tell you, that I have only had 2 Cuban cigars before and both were a glorious experience. Well this delightful little Habana honey was no different. Some Amareto on the rocks and a Cohiba cigar made the afternoon complete...here is a picture of the ring...

Sorry for the Blurry image(cell phone camera)...it says "Cohiba: Habana, Cuba"

So that is it for now...(L.A. the Amareto was fine...don't sweat it, Dorothy did OK.)

Be Kind, Be Safe...

Shalom my Peeps.

Thanksgiving the day in review...

Hey Blog Readers...another Thanksgiving has come and gone and if your Thanksgiving was anything like mine you...ate too much, visited with family, and wished that the football would have been better.

Am I the only one that noticed that both football games were completely lopsided. I am going to get enough blow out football this weekend when Notre Dame plays USC, I would have liked to had some good football to watch. Oh well...

I know I ate way too much yesterday...but man everything was so good. Why is it that we only eat turkey like 1 or 2 times a year. If it weren't so labor intensive...I would want turkey weekly. I did however miss out on one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving though...Pecan Pie at my Mom's. By the time we made it to my parents I had consumed enough food for a small village in a third world country to live on for a week. There wasn't room for water let alone Pecan Pie...but that isn't the biggest disappointment. I didn't even get any to bring home...just a minute while I wipe the tear.

So Jenny really gets into the Christmas spirit. Before we went to bed last night she had the basement tree already decorated. Yup...prior to our Thanksgiving night slumber she had decorated the first of two Tannenbaums in our home. (I have already contacted Madison Center and they are dispatching a team of therapists). Well I also originally planned on complimenting Jenny today for the fact that my little shopaholic was well above the wake up at 4 am and hit the "Black Friday Sales". Well she didn't wake up at a ludicrous time and hit the sales, but she is out right now as I type this getting that one thing she just can't miss out on. Now, based on the secret nature of her exit from the house I am guessing that it involves something for me, so I won't be too hard on her...

Well, today we decorate outside...the weather is supposed to be pretty nice, so it shouldn't be too arduous. So "Daddy Pancake" breakfast is cleaned up and the little cars are out...so Sharkboy is settled in for some playing on this lazy Friday off. Overtime tonight for me...

Tomorrow we hit Moser's for some Austrian food and beer...yum!!! (and if Athena brought it, some Microbrew to enjoy)

That's all for now...

Be Kind, Be Safe...

Shalom my Peeps.

Happy Thanksgiving...

Hey Blog Readers...just jumped on to say Happy Thanksgiving. I thought in the spirit of things I am thankful for I would list some...

1. My family (Jenny, Sharkboy and Daisy...)
2. My Mom, Dad and Grandparents.
3. My In-Laws...L.A. and F.i.L. (the Best In-Laws a guy could hope for)
4. My Great Friends (too many to list...come to think of it, Thankful for that too)
5. Blog Readers...
6. Turkey...enough said (oh yeah, and all the fixin's)
7. Health
8. Laughter (you can never have too much)
9. A Cuban Cigar with my name on it at F.i.L.'s house
10. Planned outing for Austrian Beer on Saturday.
11. All the things I can't think of but will think of after I post this.

So on this Thanksgiving. Hug your family, eat your fill (and then some), and be Thankful for what we have...I will be.

Be Kind, Be Safe...

Shalom my Peeps.

Some Odds and Ends...

Hey blog readers...long time no blog. I just wanted to start with an odd sighting that I had today. So my beautiful bride, Jenny is afflicted with Migraines(I know, I know...I feel bad for her too). Well she regularly refills her Imitrex prescription, and I am tasked with picking this up(a small task for happiness at home). I was at Walgreens waiting for the prescription to be filled, and I was wandering the aisles. I noticed on a side cap an odd shaped bag. I looked at it a bit closer and realized that the label on the bag read..."Bag-o-Baby". Holy shit...(pardon my french). Really, Bag-o-Baby...like we don't have a twisted enough world to exist in, they are now bagging babies. Well, I know what your thinking..."yo dummy, that has to be something else..." Sure enough after I built up enough courage to touch a bag labeled "bag-o-baby" it came clear what was in the package. It was baby socks... That means a group of product specialist sat around and were spit balling label ideas and somebody or a group of somebodies came up with Bag-o-Babies. Strange.


So previously I have teased that I would review our weekend in Indy. Well here it is...well on Nov. 14th we packed up and headed south to the "Circle City". We celebrated our 10 yr. wedding anniversary and more importantly caught up with some friends. Friday night we had dinner with Athena, Sister(her sister, our friend) and Boy Wonder (Sister's fiance'). We had a delightful meal and had a great opportunity to catch up. Funny the older I get the more I want to keep in touch with people. I am not sure if it is a natural life cycle...but I am really enjoying catching up with old friends...so here are some pictures from dinner:

Jenny, Sharkboy and the creepy Catfish

Jenny, Sister and Boy Wonder

With Sharkboy

Athena with Sharkboy and I

Sharkboy and I practicing keeping our eyes open for pictures.

After spending a fun night in the hotel we spent Saturday at the Children's Museum in Indy. It was a really cool trip. The center piece of the museum right now is giant glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly. Chihuly is a world renowned glass artist. He is famous for a lot of things, but what comes to my mind, to me, is his $1.9 million sculpture in the Belagio Hotel and Casino's lobby. But that's another blog. Well we met one of Jenny's friends from school(mine too). B., B's wife and Brax(their 4 y/o son). It was a great day, we did hands on stuff and the boys got to meet "The Hulk". Here are some pictures...

Sharkboy and Brax checkin out the Tumbler

Sharkboy doing some hands on fun.

Sharkboy and Hulk

So he did.

Jenny and B.

So on Saturday night the 3 of us enjoyed dinner out and then another fun night in the hotel. That was pretty much our trip to Indy. It was great time...and we hope to see all of our friends very soon.

Well since then...we have pretty much just lived the typical family life you would expect...

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving...we will be sharing the time with both of our families. I just wanted to take this chance to thank both of our families for providing for us when we were younger, but further providing for us through moral support now. We look forward to having another feast this Thanksgiving with you all.

I am also looking forward to seeing friends and family again this weekend. Jenny's cousin Jeff and his wife Donna are in town and we hope to catch up to them. Also Sat. we are planning a meeting with Athena and Sister...so a great weekend is ahead.

So you all have a Happy Thanksgiving...and don't forget,

Be Kind, Be Safe...

Shalom my Peeps.

Need to catch up...

Hey blog fans...I am really behind on this little blog. I need to catch up the anniversary weekend and such, but I have been so busy, not to mention run down from a sinus infection/ear infection.

I am planning to do some catch up on this tonight. I have pictures of this past weekend, and the golf cart.

This snow thing is a little early if you ask me...I was not ready! I have some things to do to get ready for this weather. But I guess the older I get the more I procrastinate and the sooner things seem to pile up.

Well, I will update tonight...until then:

Be Kind, Be Safe...

Shalom my Peeps!

10 years and counting...

Hey blog readers...I apologize for my absence lately. I have been busy and battling a bit of a cold. So energy has been low=little initiative to post.

I will catch you guys up later...no real suspense. Just the usual family of 3 with a 4 y/o stuff.

Today Jenny and I are celebrating 10 years together as husband and wife. I wanted to take a few moments to say some things.

First...I want to express my love for my wife. Jenny you are the best. No it doesn't feel like yesterday, but it feels like a lifetime...but in that good kind of way. You put up with all things Jay, and you manage to smile while you do it(most of the time)...

Next...to our friends, thank you to all of you for your support. You all have had an impact in our life, even when you don't know it. We could and would not be so happy without great friends like all of you.

To our families...Thank you for setting such a good example for us to follow with long, strong and loving marriages. You have set standards that we can only hope to maintain. We have talked often about our families and how we are who we are because of them (sometimes in spite of them, but allows because).

I would like to take a second to thank F.i.L. and L.A. You guys have welcomed me into your family...I can never tell you enough how much it means to me. Thank you for the opportunity to be in your family and thank you for raising such a wonderful daughter. She is the greatest...I hope you know I Love you guys and look forward to a lot more great times.

Well that is about all I have the time for. Jenny has headed to the mall (here in Indy) and Sharkboy is wanting to do some playing. Dinner tonight with Athena(and date), Sister(Boy Wonder)...can't wait...

We will update more later...

Until next time...be kind, be safe and tell the ones you love you love them...

Shalom my Peeps.

Ok...I have the shakes!

Hey blog readers...this being without the laptop is killing me. I am actually able to complete tasks around the house and am not able to come up with creative excuses why I was tied up on the laptop. This is getting old...

Well since my last post we Trick or Treated...Sharkboy dressed up this year as Michael Phelps. His costume was a huge success too. Everybody knew who he was and we received many compliments on it. He also while we were trick or treating encouraged brotherhood to other firefighters. Anytime he passed a kid that was dressed like a fireman he would offer them a high five...and say, nice costume brother. He is such a friendly little kid.

Jenny and I enjoyed some ice cold Miller Lites in her parents driveway. It was a little family reunion. I also ran into some friends from high school. It is always nice to say hello and do a little catching up...The evening was concluded with Chili and Hotdogs with L.A. and F.i.L. It was a great time.

Sat. Sharkboy had a birthday party to go to. I was the only Dad their, other than the birthday boy's Dad. I played tag and broke up many wrestling matches. It was a good time. Right when all the kids were leaving though, something really cool happened. We were all outside playing tag when 2 U.S. Military Fighter Jets flew over their house. They were doing a fly over for this little University in town here and these people just happened to live in the flight path. This is when birthday boy's Dad was quick on his feet. He said..."hey, great...they got your Mom's message that it was your birthday and did a fly over." All the kids thought this was the coolest thing. Me on the other hand...I saw the writing on the walls. On the way home...Sharkboy asks: "Daddy, can you have Mommy call the fighter jets and have them come to my birthday party?" Someone is going to be disappointed...

Today I went to F.i.L.'s and picked up the Project Cart...aka...Hosedragger Golf. I have lots of pictures, but since I am posting from the firehouse and don't have the ability to upload my pictures, there won't be any on this post. It is in pretty rough shape, but I see lots of potential in it. Hopefully by the next post, I will have the laptop back and can update it's progress.

Well that is all I have for now...I hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween. Until next time:

Be Kind...Be Safe...

Shalom my Peeps!

(oh yeah...Athena, 2 weeks. We can't wait.)